Easy Chicken Fajitas are one of our all-time favorite dinners. Tender juicy chicken breasts, fresh crisp peppers, and sweet onions tossed in an easy homemade seasoning and piled high in tortillas.
Top these easy fajitas with cheese, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole, and Pico de Gallo!
We love fajitas at our house! Not only are they delicious and healthy, but they’re also one of my all-time favorite Mexican foods!
These Easy Chicken Fajitas are the perfect weeknight meal because they’re on the table in about 20 minutes from start to finish! I used a combination of red and yellow peppers and have also added in a sliced poblano pepper if I have it on hand!
A Healthy Meal
Are Fajitas Healthy? Yes, as written, these Chicken Fajitas are healthy. The fajita filling in this recipe is definitely healthy, lean chicken, fresh peppers and homemade seasonings with a dash of olive oil. I personally love to serve these with corn tortillas since I love the flavor.
I often top them with low-fat cheese and even Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. Load them up with crisp lettuce and juicy ripe tomatoes too and fresh jalapenos!
How Do I Season Chicken for Fajitas?
These chicken fajitas are flavored with an easy homemade fajita seasoning. While you can purchase fajita seasoning packets, I find combining my own spices not only adds more flavor but has less salt and additives.
In a pinch, you could use taco seasoning (but add a little bit of extra ground cumin if you have it on hand).
Marinade: I add a bit of olive oil and some lime juice to create a chicken fajita marinade. Starting with the chicken, I allow it to sit in the marinade while I prep the rest of the ingredients.
How to Make Chicken Fajitas
This chicken fajita recipe is a total breeze to make! The chicken is flavorful and juicy while the peppers are perfectly tender-crisp! You can have delicious chicken fajitas on the table in just 20 minutes, including prep!
- Mix seasoning blend.
- Cut veggies and chicken.
- Cook chicken in olive oil in a pan, add veggies. (You can make fajitas on the grill if you prefer).
- Fill your tortillas with your favorite toppings!
Be sure you don’t overcrowd the pan with your chicken or it won’t brown nicely (I do two smaller batches).
I usually soak the onions in cold water while I prep the rest of the ingredients to take a bit of the “bite” out of them for my kids. This step is optional of course!
My Favorite Fajita Toppings
We top ours with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, Homemade Salsa and sour cream… but you can get creative with the toppings making it a fun family meal! Olives, shredded veggies such as carrots or cabbage, guacamole or avocados, they all making amazing toppings!
We serve this with a side of Spanish Rice, Crock Pot Corn on the Cob and our favorite Mango Margaritas for a perfect meal!
More Delicious Fajita Recipes
- Crockpot Chicken Fajitas – set it and forget it!
- Oven Fajitas – super easy
- Grilled Steak Fajitas – beef is delicious!
- Skillet Shrimp Fajitas – one pan
- Grilled Chicken Fajitas – great for summer
Ingredients
- 3 boneless skinless chicken breasts approximately 1 pound
- 1 medium onion
- 1 lime
- 3 bell peppers red, yellow, green or orange
- 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt divided, more to taste
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon cumin optional
Instructions
- Cut onion into slivers & slice peppers.
- In a separate bowl, combine 1 tablespoon olive oil, juice of ½ lime, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, pepper, cumin and ½ teaspoon salt. Cut chicken into strips and toss with the spice mixture.
- Preheat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium high. Add ½ of the chicken and cook until just cooked, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside. Repeat with remaining chicken.
- Set chicken aside and add 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan. Drain onions well (if soaking per note below) and cook 2 minutes. Add in sliced peppers and season with remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt. Toss and cook for an additional 2 minutes or just until hot. Add chicken back to the pan and stir to combine.
- Squeeze additional lime overtop and serve over tortillas.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dinner
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My family absolutely loves this recipe!
Have you ever tried freezing this after cooking it all? How does it taste after being thawed and reheated?
I freeze it often, the peppers are a bit softer but it still tastes great.
delicious and easy to make
very good and easy
I made this for myself tonight, and these are the Best fajitas!
I need to feed 18 adults chicken and steak fajitas. how many pounds of chicken would i need, or how many breasts?
It is about ¼ lb of chicken per serving. So for 18 people I would make 4-5lbs of chicken. I hope that helps!
I made this recipe because it got great reviews but I was disappointed. It seemed to me to need more spices… it hardly covered the chicken and I used less than a pound. I also used only half the peppers. Ended up adding more spices but it still wasn’t enough.
Oh no, I am sorry to hear that Barb. You can definitely adjust the spices as you need.
My family LOVES this meal! And the homemade fajita seasoning mix is THE BEST I have ever had. I will absolutely, positively be making this again ..soon. I added some rice on the side, which could easily be included IN the fajita, as well as help soak up any juices and dropped veggies. Also, to add more bulk with less cost the next time, I am contemplating adding a good amount of sauteed mushrooms.
Now I’m hungry again…
These are Soooo yummy! We had some leftovers so we used them as a pasta stir-in. Just cooked some spaghetti al dente, then stired in the chicken fajita leftovers. Yum!
OMG! These were delicious! The spices were spot on. I’m such a Tex-mex Gal. This recipe is a keeper.
This recipe was really good.It came together quickly after another long day in garden.Hubby liked it also.All around win win.Thanks again Holly for another great recipe.
Very easy and tasty. I made it authentic with a little Mexican beer. I put our toppings out guacamole , salsa, sour cream and cheddar cheese. GREAT RECIPE
Delicious and super easy!
I made these for #HollysCookingChallenge. It was an easy weeknight dinner – chopping everything takes longer than seasoning or cooking. Nice in a tortilla or over lettuce!
Could I use frozen peppers?? If so how would I add them to the dish?
I have never tried so I can’t say for sure but other readers have used a frozen pepper mix and said it turned out great. I would love to hear how it turns out for you!
So delicious! These fajitas disappeared fast! I used 2 roasted peppers that I had in the fridge, adding them at the end and, wow, yummy! #Holly’sCookingChallenge
Yum!!
Awesome Dish~
made the Chicken Fajitas for dinner last night. It was delicious and so easy. Will definitely make this again and again! Thanks so much for the recipe.
we really enjoyed these.